YANSS 333 - Selective Perception - Jay Van Bavel

YANSS 333 - Selective Perception - Jay Van Bavel

February 16, 2026 · 38 min

About this episode

Dr. Jay Van Bavel discusses how selective perception can lead to different interpretations of the same event.

How can two people watch the same video yet see two different things? How can two people witness the same event but arrive at two different truths about what they witnessed? How can the same evidence lead people to drastically different realities? In this episode, Dr. Jay Van Bavel at NYU explains.

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